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CONTENTS JUNE 2016 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 10 The Magic of the Ed Sullivan Show By Alan Howard The most influential, star-making variety show of its time, maybe ever, lives on in magic history. John Moehring: All About TESS By Alan Howard Fifty years ago, John Moehring performed on Ed Sullivan , a show...

David Stone: Perfection is the Minimum By Jaq Greenspon French magician, actor, and lecturer David Stone is known for his clever, comic, creative close-up, yet he remains uncomfortable with praise for anything less than the perfection he strives for. Some Moves, Routines, and Gimmicks By David...

Garrett Thomas: The Architect By Jamie D. Grant A passionate close-up magician who assembles bridges over the gap between fantasy and reality, Garrett Thomas thinks not only about what those connecting spans accomplish, but how to build them from both sides of the chasm. An Oral History of the...

CONTENTS JULY 2016 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 11 A Momentous Moment of Momentous Moments By Rory Johnston As Pierric stood backstage before his FISM-winning close-up act, much of his life flashed before him. And the Winner Is... (In Record Time) By Stan Allen The 48th Annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards...

Disneyland's Main Street Magic: The Magic Inside the Kingdom By Kari Hendler When Walt Disney opened his first theme park in 1955, he made sure to have a magic shop there from the very beginning. Two years later, a second shop opened, and Main Street Magic has provided the stuff that dreams are...

CONTENTS JANUARY 2016 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 5 Martin Lewis, Maker of Magic By Rory Johnston Even though his father was a well-known magician, Martin Lewis had no interest in conjuring until he turned 21. Since then, he has had a varied career in magic, from close-up to stage, from Las Vegas to the...

The Saint of Sin City By Max Maven Fifteen years ago, The Mac King Comedy Magic Show took up residence at Harrah's casino in Las Vegas. At the time, no one knew this was the start of one the longest-running magic shows in town, or that Mac would become nearly as well known for his offstage...

CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2016 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 6 Jon Armstrong: Taking Charge in Life and On Set By Chris Philpott More than just the man behind the Tiny Plunger, Jon Armstrong has long been a successful magician. Yet he found a new outlook for his performing work when he seriously started directing other...

Justin Flom - Make Magic, Share Joy By Rory Johnston For Justin Flom, sharing his magic videos on the Internet isn't just a promotion for other projects; the videos are a goal in and of themselves. While he has had his own theater in Branson, performed for years on ships, and is being seen more...

CONTENTS AUGUST 2015 VOLUME 24 NUMBER 12 Ben Seidman: And the Winner Is By Rory Johnston From touring with his comedy magic and pickpocketing, to consulting and performing on high-profile television shows, to being named Princess Cruise Lines Entertainer of the Year, Ben Seidman has been quite...

CONTENTS: Xavier Mortimer: Young Master By Rory Johnston He's a magician, musician, juggler, dancer, mime, and more. Currently appearing with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, French entertainer Xavier Mortimer is a "Jacques of all trades," and he's always working on more. The Rise in Custom Playing...

CONTENTS APRIL 2016 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 8 Friends Remembered Tom Mullica: No Man is a Failure Who Has Friends By Rory Johnston Tom Mullica's tragic death in February cut short a return to magic by a legendary comedian and sleight-of-hand artist. Irene Larsen: Heart and Soul of Magic By Friends and...

An Amazing Conversation with Johnathan By Stan Allen When The Amazing Johnathan announced he was retiring and had a year to live, it was not the kind of shock he was used to delivering to an audience. Stan Allen sat down with "The Madman of Comedy and Magic" to talk about Johnathan's...

Dan Sperry: Freaky Good By Rory Johnston and Philip Escoffey He still does card manipulations and a dove act, but audiences rarely watch Dan Sperry and think, I've seen all that before. His look catches your eye even before his magic, but he is certainly not all style without substance. Magic...

Bill Rauscher has compiled a volume with hundreds of verses written by more than 100 authors featuring magic and magicians in both serious, humorous, lighthearted poems and limericks. This attractive book is a pleasing, refreshing, serious, funny and touching anthology for the magic fraternity. In...

Magic in a Game is a great resource for magic games to play at kids' parties. There are some VERY fun and creative "routines" in these pages. Perfect for children's performers. Limited quantities available.

Paul Hallas, the best-selling author of Small But Deadly and the Mindful Mentalism series is back with his best book yet. His new book is a compilation of his favorite effects from the past 25 years. Some have appeared in print in limited edition booklets and magazines (some obscure), some are...

These lecture notes contain six of Paul Romhany's favorite routines that he has performed over the past twenty years. They range from stand-up to stage and even a little close-up ditty using business cards. There is something in here for every type of performer. Duck Call Gag Clean Sweep Business...

Catalog of Martin Pacheco Collection National Museum of Decorative Arts, Buenos Aires Argentina The wonderful bilingual book (Spanish and English) is 112 color pages, 8x12 inches, It includes over 240 color photographs of posters, apparatus, ephemera, magic sets and books, many of which are...

A NEW 300-page glossy color update of the bestselling pre-fire book based on Castle creator Milt Larsen's tour book stories. Learn about the hundreds of unique fixtures and artifacts that adorn the historic Magic Castle in Hollywood!!! The Mecca of Magic!

An Extended Explanation of the Magician's Application of the Psychology of Deception. Magic By Misdirection applies the psychology of deception to the art of magic. The finest minds of magic have recognized it an important and monumental work on the subject. It makes clear the psychological...

"I think any magician would do well to study his act, and learn how great close-up magic is created." -From Dai Vernon's Introduction Over 15 routines and sleights from one of magic's most legendary characters. Includes Goshman's "The Act," a 10-trick set that was an audience...

At only seventeen years old, Joshua Jay has authored a collection of over fifty explosive effects! Joshua Jay's, Magic Atlas is a map guiding you through the uncharted territory on the philosophy of magic, as well as six adventurous chapters filled with creative magic using: Cards Coins Rope Silks...

Think of this book as your very own, private consultant to improve your shows! Magic as Entertainment is filled with practical advice for the professional magician. Advice on selecting routines, stage presence, timing, dress, knowing when to pause, when to talk and knowing when not to, are just a...

A Handbook for Conjurers Like theatrical presentations, conjuring is an art of illusion. A magician skilled in the craft is able to convince an audience that he or she can read minds, communicate with the spirit world, make objects appear or disappear and perform other acts of of seemingly genuine...

Want to produce an iPad from an envelope skewered by pencils? Make a hula-hoop mysteriously float around your body? Perform a stunt with handcuffs that doesn't require any lockpicking skills or hidden keys? Then check out Andrew Mayne's new magic book, Magic and Mischief , for all that and more!...

Magi Magoria contains a compilation of effects from The Order Of The Magi. The Order Of The Magi was founded in 1909 England. Its members contributed their favorite effects (all worker material) to include everything from Spirit Slates and Mind Reading to their takes on classic effects such as the...

Lunch Is Served by Paul Romhany and TC Tahoe Sixty different routines compiled by Paul Romhany and TC Tahoe, with additional routines by eighteen other magicians from around the world, including Banacheck, Kenton Knepper, Gerard, Richard Webster, Joe Givan, and Wayne Rogers. This book is a...

Greg's new book is jam-packed with powerful, impactful and easy-to-perform mentalism routines designed to be highly useable and commercial. Within these pages of "Lost In Thought" you'll discover: Sticky Pop - The whole audience decides on one card - no force - and that card is inside a...

NO, THERE WON'T/CAN'T BE ANOTHER VOLUME AFTER... Lorayne: The Classic Collection 5 by Harry Lorayne BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MORE ORIGIANL LORAYNE BOOKS TO RE-WRITE, THIS IS IT! Additions, Revisions, Upgrading, and Updating for and of the Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop, The Himber Wallet Book,...

There's a reason for the success of any Harry Lorayne book. In the magic world, Harry Lorayne is considered to be the best writer/teacher of, entertainer with, playing cards. Mr. Lorayne's exalted reputation began with Close-Up Card Magic (1962), which became an instant classic. That...

Lorayne : The Classic Collection 2 by Harry Lorayne This book has Re-Write, Additions, Decisions, Revisions, Upgrading and Updatings for and of Reputation-Makers Rim Shots and Afterthoughts by Harry Lorayne. Including lots of new ideas, thoughts, and concepts. Pages 451 - Hardbound with dust jacket

Compatibility No need for chat up lines with this trick Best Friends Everybody will want to be your best friend after performing this miracle AFCAAN Another F#%*$^G card at any number Sharpie 2 Like the original but much sharper Mind Ray From the creative genius Jerry Sandowitz On the Button Better...

Six routines of my finest commercial material. Featuring the SEX trick with all the gags and method - it's my original organic version of this routine (I preferred this myself). TOSSED DECK - every nuance included in what is still my opening routine! ECHO - 10 minutes of pure...

Book tests are as popular with mentalists as cut and restored rope tricks are with magicians. Finally, here is one that stands out from the rest. Effect The mentalist shows a little black book filled with nearly 100 different names and addresses of women. The mentalist gives it to a woman in the...

The first reviews came in: "Michael Frederiksen has written a wonderful book entitled Listen To Us. I'm honoured to have been asked to be a part of it along with the biggest names in the business. It's a cracker of a book. Highly recommended." - Paul Gordon, Card magician and author of 40 books on...

This effort was kicked off in Luka's "Thoughts On..." column which ran in The New Tops magazine from October 1993 to December 1994. John's column was for the majority of magicians who tend to do a lot of pocket and parlor tricks for small audiences and few shows. He knew that most...

In This Manuscript You will learn two effects, one of them is my CAN effect in which I make a volunteer looses its weight, they can feel it, they can feel themselves becoming lighter and lighter till they weight less than a feather, you can prove to the audience that your spectator has indeed...

Among Darwin Ortiz' many fans, the only question is which of his card books is the best: Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, Cardshark, or Scams & Fantasies with Cards. Now there is a new candidate: the aptly-named Lessons in Card Mastery. This time the accent is on...

Legerdemain, Volume One contains: Issues 1-12 Over 400 pages packed with over 101 tricks and routines. Advice, insights and stories by top pros in their field. Magical mind teasers and puzzles from the brilliant mind of Bob Starkes. Bonus material: Bill Severn's unpublished book "Card Tricks...

This wonderful book is a completely new, revised, expanded and updated edition. The book contains most of the original material but virtually everything has been re-written and benefits from the skill of an expert editor. There is a host of additional material written by Lewis Ganson and previously...

The most unusual patter book ever published in the field of magic and comedy. Created from Gene Gordon's comedy notebooks he kept (handwritten) for over 40 years, this new hardbound book features 1300 jokes, gags, one-liners, quips, and bits of comedy wisdom for use by comedians, magicians,...

"Performers love this book because the material is so easy and yet very, very commercial. Magic Dealers and Demo Guys love it because it makes miracles out of things already sitting on their shelves. Audiences love this material because it is amazing stuff! It's a win-win for everyone." ...

Louis Falanga's Lake Tahoe Card Magic contains 17 excellent, audience tested routines, many of them complete with original patter and presentation. As a special bonus, there are 5 routines by Larry Jennings, including his "Close Up Illusion," a mind bending show stopper worth many times...

Milton Kort is a legend of sorts: a magician who has seldom traveled outside the Detroit area, who rarely performs at magicians' conventions or lectures, yet a man whom the professionals and greats in magic came to see; men like Paul Rosini, Stewart James, Dr. Daley, J. B. Bobo, Charlie Miller,...

Knuckle Busters volume 6 by Reed McClintock Why Just do coin tricks, when you can do what looks like Real Coin Magic! These are true reputation makers. This manuscript is designed for the working pro and the experienced coin magician. Volume six of Knuckle Busters contains three professional...

Why Just do coin tricks, when you can do what looks like Real Coin Magic! These are true reputation makers. This manuscript is designed for the working pro and the experienced coin magician. Volume five of Knuckle Busters contains three professional routines specifically for dedicated and skilled...

This manuscript is designed for the working pro and the experienced coin magician. Volume Four of “Knuckle Busters” contain four professional routines specifically for dedicated and skilled magicians who are willing to put in the time and practice it takes to perform first-rate coin magic. The...

This is Devin Knight's New & IMPROVED version of the Knight's Tour . This is the Knight's Tour on STEROIDS. It takes this classic of magic and turns it into a real masterpiece of mentalism that has climaxes that pack a wallop! You can do some mind-boggling effects with the Knight's Tour that...

In this booklet Luca Volpe explains his version of Annemann Pseudo-Psychometry, as performed in his TV Show. Four ladies are each given a lipstick, a piece of paper, a pen and an envelope and they are each asked to write their signature on the piece of paper and to put it inside the envelope. Once...

You're good at magic. You handle your effects and routines pretty well. Your shows get a good response. There's nothing fundamentally wrong and yet in your heart you know that your magic performance could be better. There's something missing ... the X factor that big name magicians bask...

Kids Think It's Funny by Greg McMahan Greg McMahon is one of the true professionals in magic and clowning. He's now revealing some of his best kid-show material in his new book, KIDS THINK IT'S FUNNY. In 27 unique and entertaining chapters, Greg teaches hilarious gags and routines to make you...

Romhany shares everything in this book including how to get in to the market, how to get booked on cruise ships as a speaker, selling products, how to write speeches, how to make money from this, putting together an entire package, incorporating magic in to your presentations, PLUS it includes...

Kellar Wonder Book with Pinback Button by Phil Temple Kellar Wonder Book This 56 page audience booklet is a faithful reproduction of the original 1903 copy in the Byron Walker Collection and presents the reader with optical illusions, drawing mazes, shadow graphs, silhouette portraits, party jokes,...

A beautiful 34-page booklet featuring 10 powerful workers and 97 color photographs. PDF version included! Royal Twist Four Aces magically flip from face up to face down. Think you've seen this trick before? The surprise royal flush ending (done in the participant's hand) will catch you off...

Finally, here's how to do all those showy tricks and flourishes that card players are dying to know: how to send a deck cascading from one hand to the other. How to snap open two flawless fans. How to cut a deck with one hand. Choose four aces seemingly at random. Flick a card accurately across the...

Announcing the third edition of the mother of all kids' joke books-and that's no joke. Now Jokelopedia is even better, with 300 all-new jokes and 11 new spotlights on the comedians kids love today. Jokelopedia, Third Edition, is an all-encompassing, gut-busting collection of more than 1,700...

John Ramsay's Tasselled Rope trick by Andrew Galloway Effect: A length of rope which has a red tassel on one end and and a blue tassel on the other, is cut and restored. This long lost Ramsay classic is a must for any rope routine.

This definitive and highly anticipated biography corrects and enhances the record regarding one of the most renowned magicians of the 19th Century. Meticulously researched by Edwin and Michael Dawes, printed by Hermetic Press, and published by Conjuring Arts, John Henry Anderson: The Great Wizard...

Jog Shuffle by Paul Gordon This 15-page booklet gives a full description of the very useful and utilitarian jog shuffle, enhanced by 10 illustrations. Complete with tips, hints and applications. "Why on eart

This book was written by a magician for magicians. Jim Ravel knew both fields inside out. Like magic, pickpocketing requires certain skills but there are also secrets that make seemingly impossible steals well within the realm of any performer. Theatrical Pickpocketing contains the applied...

Here's another treat for your audiences! Ron Bauer has just released #22 in his Private Studies series, "Jim Bergstrom's Hat Trick." It's an innovative, colorful comedy version of the Torn Tissue Papers to Hat that's a worthy feature effect for any close-up and stand-up adult audience....

Jennings '67 B ook Six years in the making, Jennings '67 contains vintage magic with cards by the late Larry Jennings. Under the tutelage of Dai Vernon, Jennings developed many unique routines, which were kept from publication for decades. Seventy of these miracles (including some by Vernon) have...

The Famous author, creator and billet worker, Al Mann said, "You rattled me with your Jagged Edge billet test. It is great and original. I only wish I had it when I wrote The Purloined Thought." Docc Hilford has taken the simplistic course of the Center Tear and given it a new direction....

John Jensen`sITR BookProfessional Routines For The Invisible Thread ReelAn in-depth 43 page booklet, with detailed instructions and illustrations on how to use the Invisible Thread Reel.With 10 effects for you to master, this book is perfect for the beginner to advanced Invisible Thread Reel...

It's a Lu Lu by Docc Hilford A perfect startling new way to read minds! Imagine working high end night clubs with a deck of cards and a handkerchief. And getting paid good money for ten minutes of amazing mentalistic entertainment. That is exactly what Docc Hilford does with his blindfold act,...

Pete Turner is undoubtedly one of the most highly respected mentalists and his works are always highly sought after amongst his peers. When he speaks, we listen and so fresh from the sell out success of his last DVD "The Devil in Disguise" Magicbox are proud to have partnered up with him...

It hides in Shows and Impersonates the Innocent Frustrated with complicated billet peeks that are cleverer on the page than in the field? Tired of having to shove unfolded business cards in your wallet just to read them? Hate switching slips because it's so unnatural and you're sure to be...

Introducing Bill's Magic is a fantastic book, loaded with great magic for parlor and stage. The material is in the category of Harbin and Lewis's stand up material. All effects in the book are geared for a family audience. This is a very hard-to-find book and well worth the price. Limited...

"Fascinating!" - John Bannon 21 killer effects exploring three new techniques by award-winning writer, director and magician Chris Philpott . Intimate Mysteries explores magic done not just in the spectator's hands and minds, but with their lives. These effects are fun, fascinating...

The PERFECT back of room sales item for your shows! An instant author magic book! The perfect back of room sales item - your own magic book! Great up sell for Birthday Parties!!! Imagine how much money you could make at the end of every show (or online) by selling your own fully illustrated magic...

In this long-awaited follow-up to Transformations: Creating Magic Out of Tricks , Lawrence Hass opens a path for magicians to reach toward better magic performances and shows. Covering many topics of supreme importance to working magicians, Lawrence shares his practical thinking and inspirational...

Hardbound Printed Book Plus, the interactive Digital Book Free! This book package is jam packed with a culmination of Tony Clark's 30 years of firsthand experience as a professional magician, producer, and consultant as well as from some of the world's best magicians from whom he had the honor of...

"Donny Orbit exhibits a fresh approach with his effects. I always look forward to his stuff!" - JOSHUA JAY Donny Orbit has been cropping up all over the place recently, having effects published in MAGIC, GENII and ANTINOMY and contributing to Nathan Kranzo's 'Moving Tanline' DVD. Full 52 is pleased...

Effect: A card is selected from a borrowed deck, returned and the cards are shuffled. A rubber band is stretched around the deck, and the band visibly melts away! One card then emerges from the deck, it's the selected card with the rub

This is a great resource for learning the details behind the very deceptive Indian Cups & Balls. Performed as a cross between the classic Cups & Balls and the Three Shell Game. With very little written on this subject, this book covers all of the faucets of this classic effect. Complete...

This collection of essays is devoted to important magic books and magicians of the past - familiar subjects to an author who has spent decades as an editor and publisher in the world of magic. There was, for example, the time he came across stacks of dusty pamphlets written by Harry Houdini...

"Chris sent me a review copy of his new book test, Incandescence. I like book tests and this one is a great one! Chris took the time to really make this right. You can weave a lot of emotion into your presentation because of the design of the effect. I recommend this highly!" - Richard...

IMPROVED REPEAT BILL IN LEMON Some magicians say this is the best trick that Devin Knight has ever released. This is currently how he closes his stand up show as nothing can follow it. It is something that Devin Knight has kept under wraps until now. Imagine doing the bill in lemon with a borrowed...

Are you able to know beforehand the outcome of random events or influence on them? If you wanna learn new existing ways to create precognition experiences, this Book is for you. Effects that are tested in the real world and probed as effective and meaningful. Contents: First Experience in...

Impish Thoughts and Meaningful Magic Kenton Knepper Here is a new collection of how Kenton makes miracles. Simple props and tools become memorable miracles. After each unusual effect and method is a "Lesson". These are short and sweet reminders of the principles and concepts at work...

Illusiontech By Andrew Mayne Andrew Mayne's new book on illusions: llusiontech vol. 1 Available now! Learn how to build illusions for $1 to $10,000 by understanding basic illusion principles. Andrew Mayne's newest book features several new creations along with re-worked classic illusions that help...

From the author of the internationally critically acclaimed Urban Illusions, Illusionary Departures & Equilateral books and the producer of the best-selling Behind the Illusions DVD comes a first-of-its-kind book dedicated to professional illusions and large-scale stage routines for mentalists...

"Illusionary Departures 2012" is a treasury of original illusion designs and presentation plots from J C Sum, one of Asia's most successful illusionists & illusion designers. This is the latest edition of the book that was first released in 2004. Over the last 8 years, the book has...

Chris Stolz is known as one of the top up and coming illusion designers in the industry today with incredible creations like his gorgeous looking sawing illusion "4 Way Split" or his incredibly practical levitation for the small stage "Sound Waves". Titanas Magic Productions is...

Illusionworks 4 - Insight Ingenuity and Innovation This is a NEW book of original illusion concepts from Rand Woodbury. This is the first new book of original illusions from Rand in 19 years. 34 illusions, 145 illustrations, 100 pages (less than $1.50 per new idea) Woodbury says, "I love this book....

Illusions, Ideas & Inspiration If you're searching for brand-new illusion concepts, look no further than Rand Woodbury's Illusionworks series of books. Volume One features fifty-three illusions, including Torturtina, Shadow Dancer, and Body Transformer explained with the aid of understandable...

If you're searching for brand-new illusion concepts, look no further than Rand Woodbury's Illusionworks series of books. Volume two features eleven never-before-seen illusions, including Pandora's Box, Mirror Image and Squelcher explained with the aid of understandable explanations, computerized...

The author of Solo-X and Shock F/X presents a brand new book of large illusions. Whether you're planning your club show or television special, there's something here for you: 220 Pages 100 New and Original Ideas 100 Illustrations and Diagrams Here are just some of the effects included: Cut an...

Ibidem Volume 3 by P. Howard Lyons At long last, the third and final volume of the magic magazine that was so underground, it's just now coming up for air. From 1963-1979 Howard Lyons' Ibidem was so far ahead of the pa